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Be it known that I, GEORGE W. HUNT, of Hopknton, in the county ofMddIeSeX, and State of Massachusetts, havelinvented an Improvement in Sleeping-Cars; and I do hereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification, is a description of my invention s ulhcient vto,enablethose skilled in the art to practise it.

United States Letters Patent, No. 72,045, were granted to me,.December 10, 1867,' for certain improy ments in railway sleeping-curs. l l My present invention relates to the construction and arrangement of swinging leaves or shelves for forming upperberths in cnrs, s ,uchleaves or shelves folding against the roof ofthe car, and being desgnedparticularly for use in connection with sleeping-cnrs having seats, which are convertible into berths, substantially as shown in said' patent, No. 72,045, though the improvement is applicable to other sleepingear constructions. i

My invention consists in the employment of berths, or bed-.bottoms,'or shelves, each hung at its'opposite' v ends, and near its rear side, upon two long swinging links, the opposite ends of which' links are hung. ator near the side of 'the earrthe length and disposition of these links beingsuch that, when thrown down, the berthbo`ttom is brought into horizontal position at' a distance from the top of the car, at which it is desirable to form the berth, (the rear sido of the berth being sustained in position by the links, and the front sido by suitable catches,) while, when thrown up, they bring the berth-bottom up against the car-roof, holding its rear side up 4 thereto, while'its front side is locked against thc roof by, suitable bolts or otherdevices.

The improvement further consists in combining with a berth-bottom, 'so arranged, swinging partition'deaves, l i

cach of which is hung by hinges Vat ornear the roof, and erosswise of the car, so as to fold up under and against the berthbottom, when the latter is folded against the roof, swinging. down, (when the berths are to bcmade,)

-and forming the` vertical partition between two adjacent berths, and serving as aisupport for the -front side'of the berth. l v t l y The drawing represents a portion ofthe interior and upper part of n. car embodying my invention.,

A shows two adjacent upper berths'or berth-leaves, one berth being represented as formed, .(so for as relates to the disposition of the frame thereof,) while the leaves or framework ofV the other berth are shownss `folded against the carroof. j

B shows a' vertical cross-section of the berth.

C is a cross-section, showing the berthframe folded against'the car-roof.

,a denotes the sideofthel car; the roof. ellis the folding leaf, shelf, or frame-piece, constituting the bed-bottom, itbeing made of a, length and width siiitable for this purpose. At or near its rear edge or side this piece, d, is jointed (at its opposite ends) to two links, e, the opposite end of each of whichis hung to a stationary jointpin,f, at the sido of the ear. The links swing loosely, both on the stationary joint-pins, and on: the pins jointing them to the berth-piece. The joint-pinsf are placedmidway between the-'top of the car and the plano the berth is toV occupy when made up, and by bringing the piece d forward, and swinging thelinks over from a vertical lposition below the pins to a vertical position above the same, the leaf is readily carried, fromits positon shown at one end of the view A, to a posit-ion a'gainst the roof, as shown at the opposite endof such view.

When the leaf is thrown up against the-roof, the links e support its rear side, and at its front side itis locked against the roof by bolts g shooting into mqrtises in cross-pieces l, or by other suitable fastening-devices.

Each leaf, d, may be made with a recess, or in box^form, as shown at C, to hold the berth-mattress. h denotes a swinging leaf, hinged at top across the car, as shown at",'these hinges .permitting the leaf to swing down into vertical position, as seen at A and'B, to form a partitionbetween two berths, or to beswung up under and against .the piece d, (when the latter is' folded and locked against the corsi-ooh) as shown at C, and at one end of A, the end opposite to the hinge being locked against the leaf d by hooks or other suitable devices..- When the leaf h is swung down, it4 answers both as a-partition and as a-support to the front side of the piece di This arrangement of the upper-berth apparatus secures ample head-room for a day-car, and by making the l piece d in bxform,`the makttressianld beddnggnre easilyl disposed of when the anpaatus is folded at the top of the cial', and by plaeing irentiletion-tubeml1;,in the top :md` side of the car, the berth i ventilated by night.

and the bedding ie aired by day. Y

' I'claim the berth-leaf i: -shelf d; Whenhung by linksf, in` euch manner that it may'be swung ixp and-.locked -againsb the rof, or swung wn and locledv in postion'to form the berth, substantially as shown and described.-

I als'o claim, in combinationwith sucbewinging helf d, the folding partition-piece h, hinged.crosswise at the tcp ef the car, and folding up and locking against the bottm of the helf d, orswinging down to form n. 'partiti-en or u support for the front of the'shelf d,' subs`tnntiallyas described. l

v GEORGE W. HUNT. Witnesses: -A

J. lnosmr, Y Y FRANCIS G'oULn. 

